May I welcome you to London, to the LSHTM and to the Masters in Tropical Medicine and International Health. I believe you will benefit from the unique atmosphere of the LSHTM and I can promise you an interesting time – your classmates will come from all over the world. I congratulate you on having chosen this course which has the greatest choice and the  widest options available in the LSHTM – you can structure your MSc in many different ways. 

In term one (Sept -Dec), the building block and foundation module for this course is the DTMH course which is delivered through a series of lectures, seminars small group teaching and practical sessions as outlined in the related pages. The DTMH course for MSc students is constructed as MSc module 3463 (‘Tropical Medicine , Parasitology and Public Health’). The material taught for this module is identical to the DTMH course and so your MSc contains a ‘built-in’ opportunity to study for and take the LSHTM’s Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Although taking the Diploma exams in December and being awarded the Diploma is optional for you as MSc students we have never had anyone not wish to take advantage of the opportunity. However because the same exam cannot stand credit in two qualifications we award you 60 MSc credits for separate assessment tasks taken during term 1 and exams in the first week of January which are based on the material studied in term one in the DTMH. These will generally not be taken by your DTMH comrades except where they are exercising an option to obtain Masters credits and use their DTMH as recognised prior learning for the MSc in the future.   

Because we have a lot to get through in the DTMH we have to start early and most of what the LSHTM has designated as ‘welcome week’ is taken up with the course, you will be the first MSc group to be registered (window is  10-11am on Monday 22nd September in the library - first floor of the Keppel Street building) so that we can get your access up and underway. The only thing you need to bring to be registered is your passport. This also means that late arrivals could be disadvantaged because a lot is covered in the first few days. So you should try to arrive in London before Monday 22nd September and get in touch with us if there is a problem doing so.   

I am your Programme Director and I will striving to ensure that you are able to satisfy your ambitions in coming to study and learn with us. I am also determined to be available and accessible to all of you – my office on the third floor of Keppel Street is 303a – there is no appointment system and you should come by and check if the door is open. We will also have a WhatsApp and email group.  

Dave Moore is deputy director of the Programme and Dave and I will be helping you with academic mentors/personal tutors  who in many cases are TMIH alumni. To help us with this process there is a questionnaire about your interests on these pages which we hope you will fill in advance and which we will use to try to match your interests with those we have lined up to advise, support and mentor you. The Programme Administrator is Rohima Begum who sits in the PAO in Tavistock Place. Clare Warrell is directing the DTMH.  

With best wishes and welcome again

Robin Bailey

Professor of Tropical Medicine

Programme Director MSc TMIH

Room 303a Keppel Street

Robin.Bailey@lshtm.ac.uk

07763 926778

Messe München
Am Messesee 2
81829 München
Germany

For the last three years we have run an official TMIH field trip to the ESCMID Global conference which is held anually in April in a major European city. This is in the Easter break so you do not have any teaching scheduled opposite it. ESCMID is the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases which aims to have a global subject reach and offers excellent educational and training sessions in global health. There are substantial concessions for registration for students and those from LMICs. Past MSc students have presented their projects there. We are expecting to use ESCMID Global as a focal point for TMIH reunions and for TMIH/DTMH students from different year groups to connect up. We hope you'll all come - there has been a fee contribution for a budget to organise ESCMID membership, registration, travel and accommodation and the details as to how will be forthcoming. But save the date!

Check out https://www.escmid.org/congress-events/escmid-global/

Thanks to those of you who've joined - this is the official TMIH 2025 WhatsApp group.

The LSHTM communications team may try to create you a further WhatsApp group but we will use this one

Because you are all DTMH students as well , join this group as it will be the way last minute updates and social events will be shared and will be used by the DTMH organisers to disseminate information.  

Join here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHqwtwdSCROD2WC45PESv6?mode=ems_share_c

You will need your ID documents with you to complete this process.

Address: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT.

Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/BUbddjS6DnL9Aaox6



Nearest Underground Stations:

• Goodge Street (Northern Line)

• Tottenham Court Road (Northern and Central Lines)

• Russell Square (Piccadilly Line)

• Euston Square (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Lines)

• Warren Street (Northern and Victoria Lines).

Trains (National, Over Ground, Thameslink)
Euston, St Pancras and King's Cross are a short walk (15 minutes) from the School's buildings. Other London mainline stations are a short tube, bus or taxi journey away.

Buses:

Buses 24, 29, 73 and 390 stop in Tottenham Court Road. Buses 1, 8, 19, 38, 55, 98 and 176 stop in New Oxford Street and buses 7, 14, 59, 68, 91, 168 and 188 in Russell Square.

Cycling:

Designated bicycle parking stands are available on the pavement in Keppel Street, Malet Street and on Bedford Square.

Format overall:

• Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are mainly lecture days of the course. 

• Tuesdays and Thursdays are for laboratory practicals and small group work. 

This is a rough overview of the 2025 course:

Week 1 : Talks- Introductions and Epidemiology, History, Bacteria, AMR, Dengue, Typhoid, Statistics, Outbreak!

Week 2 : Talks: Rheumatic fever, travel health, Clinical Malaria, Malaria, Critical Appraisal group work presentations. Lab: Malaria

Week 3 : Talks: leptospirosis, economics, demography, Tuberculosis, HIV, Soil Transmitted Helminths Lab: Malaria

Week 4:. Talks: Non communicable diseases, malaria control, hepatitis, neglected tropical diseases, buruli ulcer, podoconiosis, coma Lab: Entomology and Gut protozoa

Week 5: Talks: Women's health, global surgery, leprosy, venomous bites and stings, sexual and reproductive health, Japanese encephalitis and rabies.

Lab: Coccidia and Leish

Week 6: Talks: Chagas, yellow fever, viral haemorrhagic fevers, echinococcosis, neurocysisticercosis, obstetrics, week 6 review. Lab: Tryps and nematodes

Week 7: Talks: Paeds week, neonatology, nutrition, water and sanitation, Paeds simulation. Lab: Nematodes and CSF

Week 8: Talks: schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, gender based violence, leishmaniasis, tropical ophthalmology. Lab: Filaria and cestodes,  

Week 9 :

Talk: haematology, dermatology, migrant health, filariasis. Lab: Schisto and trematodes

Week 10: : Revision

Talks: disability and stigma, renal, mental health, oncology and palliative care. Lab: Ectoparasites and revision

Week 11: Exam 1-2/12. Research in Progress RSTM&H meeting 7/12. Ultrasound day (and optional advanced course 9/12).

Week 12: Inspirational career motivating talks and mentoring sessions. Career surgeries. Closing Ceremony. 

Some of you will need Schengen visas for visiting Germany which we will facilitate.

The main and critical task is to organise acommodation in Munich which we'll start on early

Its feasible to travel to Munich by train , but may be easier to fly..all to be gone into in due course.

Watch this space for progress- save the dates

In summary Thursday 30 September

Tuesday 7 October

Tuesday 14 October

Tuesday 21 October

Tuesday 28 October

Tuesday 4 November

Thursday 13 November

Tuesday 18 November

Tuesday 25 November

Wednesday 3 December (1030-1230) LG19

Wednesday 10 December (1030-1230) LG19

As you can see, they are mostly on Tuesdays, except on two occasions In these sessions we'll address the TMIH-specific assessment tasks. and DTMH revision, TMIH-style. So they are relatively important to prioritise in the face of the mayhem generated by the DTMH

Many topics/structures are possible:​

• A paper describing a piece of research work carried out by the student during the course ​

• A comprehensive and original review of the literature on a relevant subject​

• An analysis of work done or data collected prior to or during the course​

• Preparation of learning or training material​

• A project proposal, e.g to a funding agency  ​

• a ‘policy report’ which would undertake a  review of a policy issue using data from grey and other literature and/or from ‘original sources’ to draw conclusions and make recommendations for policy

The project handbook outlining processes has been produced (see below and on Moodle). Those who taught and lectured on the DTMH should be seen as a resource -as potential hosts and supervisors for your projects

Some of last years students presented their projects and discussed how to go about this at the Zoom meeting

ECCMID/Global ESCMID often features TMIH project presentations

The LSHTM centres(TB, Malaria, vaccines, MARCH,Humanitarian Crises,etc) can be joined , according to your interests,are both a good source of potential projects and usually looking for student ambassadors

I am backstop for all tutor/mentor arrangements. When you're connected up please send your tutor/mentor your CV and something that expresses your ambitions for your time at the School

• Disability & dyslexia support
• Counselling & wellbeing
• Mindfulness & group workshops
• Guidance about accommodation options in London
• Orientation to life in London
• Emergency financial Hardship Fund
• Chaplaincy
• General welfare matters

Group 1 tutor Robin Bailey

Ashina Kohei

Banerjee Lopamudra

English George

Gyapong Nana Afia

Vidhyalakshmi Vickneswaren Tarini 

Virani Sarah Zulfikarali Rajabali 

Zewude Rahel

Group 2 tutor Anna Last

Aprilia Yunizar Frizka 

Asensio Mathews Paula

Bains Simran

Coninx Christine

Conley Harriet

Larouche Pauline

Mavanga Mangana Freddy

Reza Mohammad Abbas

Group 3 tutor David Mabey

Chandna Arjun

McNally Gemma

Mehretab Awet Ghebreberhan

Oroz Torrea Ekhine

Rehimini Salma

Roberts Talea

Shaikh Zaynab

There will be four different groups for the term 1 A1 group work outlined in the MAG in column 3 and those allocations now appear here:

Groups for TMIH A1 task

Group 1

Aprilia Yunizar Frizka

Banerjee Lopamudra

English George

Mehretab Awet Ghebreberhan

Roberts Talea

Virani Sarah Zulfikarali Rajabali

Group 2

Asensio Mathews Paula

Chandna Arjun

Gyapong Nana Afia

McNally Gemma

Reza Mohammad Abbas

Zewude Rahel

Group 3

Ashina Kohei

Coninx Christine

Larouche Pauline

Oroz Torrea Ekhine

Shaikh Zaynab

Group 4

Bains Simran

Conley Harriet

Mavanga Mangana Freddy

Rehimini Salma

Vidhyalakshmi Vickneswaren Tarini 

Group 5(RPL)

Ahmad Sanna

Bridger Lara

Wood Anna

Moodle is LSHTM's learning platform. Everything you need to know during the course will be available on Moodle. You will be sent access information before the course starts.
There will be two Moodle platforms you might need to access

The DTMH Moodle will contain the DTMH

• Timetable

• Lecture PDFs

• Supplementary reading 

• Recordings of lectures 

TMIH Moodle will contain

- notices of assessment

- material presented in TMIH hour as pdf or ppt

- TMIH specific tasks related to modules in terms 2 and 3, projects, field trip etc

Do ensure you can access Moodle, and that you check your LSHTM email regularly throughout the course for official updates

LSHTM operates Microsoft applications such as Word, Power Point and Endnote and both training materials and bookable IT sessions are available. Because assignments may be submitted in Word or Powerpoint, and may need reference managing software you are encouraged to develop and hone your skills. There are useful sessions on using AI

They described their search and search terms clearly and in sufficient detail for it to be reproduced. They used a PRISMA type diagram to account for all the papers they found, discarded or slected to review. They summarised and reviewed those that they considered important primary evidence and then made a recommendation based on the evidence and indicated what they thought was important in reaching a decision and how they got to it . And they managed to do it on six slides and a title slide- they could have had a further slide of references and still stuck to the guidance

The £520 per student is collected by fees and put in a budget. 

You don't have the £520 to spend yourselves and we can't run individual accounts or pay an accountant to do so

So the budget is pooled and then spent/allocated  on the group activity in the following order

1)ESCMID membership

2)ESCMID registration

3)Accommodation in Munich

4)Visas travel and insurance costs for those requiring Schengen visas

5) Travel  

So when we get down to travel we will advise how much of what is left is available by dividing what is left by the number of people to support. If people then want to claim for their accommodation or travel we'll need a transaction to reimburse, completely or partially

• Monday 12^th January: Education Administration (EA) send comms to students, with MS Forms link

• Monday 2^nd February 1000: Deadline for students to submit choices via the MS Form

• Wednesday 4^th February: EA to send submitted project choices to PDs

• Friday 13^th February: Deadline for PDs to send allocations to EA

• Monday 16^th February: EA to inform students of their allocated project